By Alexandra Biering, senior policy advocate for the California Farm Bureau In the past several years, the equity and effectiveness...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today highlighted how the State and its federal and local partners are preparing for the new water year which started October 1 and the possibility of another wet...
The state water department’s director said her highest priority is for the federal government to help improve California’s ability to...
Total reservoir storage of 8.17 million acre-feet more than double of last year From the Bureau of Reclamation: A record-setting...
Independent analysis shows that implementation would drive up costs for most water suppliers which in turn will put further upward pressure on rates and charges On Wednesday, the State Water Resources Control Board will hold a public hearing on the...
Twenty years since San Diego bought Colorado River water from its farming neighbors, it seeks to attract investors in its...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water A preliminary injunction that could cut water being taken out of the Kern River if...
Supreme Court Decision Upholds Ruling that Twitchell Dam Operators Must Comply with Federal Law to Protect Endangered Fish Press release from the Environmental Defense Center: The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a request from the operators of Twitchell Dam to...
Three claims remain against Charlton Bonham, executive director of the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife, and certain others can...
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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Yesterday, the State Water Board released its release of its draft staff report and Substitute Environmental Document for the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan, which includes analysis of the voluntary agreements. Here’s what Metropolitan Water District, Restore the Delta...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: The California Court of Appeal has dismissed the remaining appeal challenging the state’s long-term management...
This periodically recurring atmospheric phenomenon in recent years has become just too unreliable to count on. By Robert Krier, Voice...
From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): In 2012, California passed the Human Right to Water Law (HRTW), the first state statute that defined water as a basic right. Widely heralded as landmark legislation in the campaign to provide equitable distribution of...